Breitling Exospace B55 Connected

A wise man once said that people who ignore history are destined to repeat the same mistakes. In the past few years, we have seen a surge in the popularity of smart watches, mainly from Apple. It led to the harbinger of doom being imposed on the mechanical watchmaking industry. During the most severe period of the quartz crisis in the 1970s, anyone around would be familiar with this situation.

At the time, most Swiss luxury homes believed that the new technology was just a fad, and continued to do so even if the receivers were moved in, sealed the windows with wooden boards and sold their machines to the highest bidders. Those who decide to step into this new world of crystals and electrons usually perform better, although doing so is usually a bit reluctant.

Fast forward to modern times, and traditional luxury watch makers seem to have remembered the lessons of the time and invested more and more assets to embrace smart watch technology. More importantly, some people upgrade the releases of companies such as Samsung, Huawei, and Apple by investing their watches in perhaps their most important asset—luxury. Today we take a look at the Breitling smart watch series.